My Life Among Humans (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781637151990)

A 2024 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens

My Life Among Humans is an evocative, melancholy, and ultimately hopeful story of a solitary alien's misguided search for connection among its human subjects.

A nameless alien data compiler comes to Earth to study humans, setting up shop on the outskirts of a small desert community in North America. Working under forced labor, it must watch humans in complete secrecy while sending regular reports to its manager back home. Using spore-like technology to read the minds of his hosts, the alien quickly takes a special interest in Will, one of his early subjects. That interest proves to be a problem when the alien is accidentally revealed to Will's family and it takes desperate measures to save its own life.

In doing so, it discovers a forbidden ability...it can control human minds. Now, the alien struggles to keep this secret from its manager, deal with a growing number of suspicious humans, and come to terms with its ethically questionable decisions. My Life Among Humans is a beautifully painted, evocative first graphic novel from illustrator and cartoonist Jed McGowan.

Author: Jed McGowan
ISBN-10: 1637151993
ISBN-13: 9781637151990
Publisher: Oni Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 12.00h x 8.79w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/20/2023 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 02/24/2023